The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-01 00:00:00

Mu. Bird's bed wAS ill4ite, and turned. down. In that bed-room there bad been the same search for articles of prOpetly, and the same confusion as in the other parts of the house. Witness went then to the attics, which exhibited the same scene of confusion. Witness then examined the premises on the ground floor, beginning with the back parlour, and it did not appear to have been entered at all. There was a side-hoard there with some phste, which had not been distur,bed. After that, witness went to the kitchen, where he saw the servant': work on the table, a tinder-box on the table, and- •a table-etoth on a chair in the room, and Mr. Bird's slippers near the fender. Two watches were delivered to witness on the 13th of March, by Godwvn, a taylor, at Peck ham, who - represents I,int4elf to be prisoner's brother-in-I-4w. Witness produced the watches. hut could not speak to their previlus ownership. lie was present at the examination of Hussey, when prisoner emitted a statement which was taken down from lips by Mr. Bicknell, which the prisoner was requested to sign, but which he declined to do. C1'059“ Narnined by Mr• AnoLPHns.—Witness raid lie had examined the house and the deceased persons. The balustrade was drawn down by a person struggling on the ground. Five rooms had been ransacked, and at least a dozen drawers cxdmined. So much, had been done, that it took witness some time to examine it—about an hour. Witness said, that when he mentioned that Mr. Bird's room could he seen from the Tiger's Head, he meant from the front of the Tiger's Head, and not from any of the rooms of the inn. He never went into the tap-room to try whether he could see from it or turf, Frederick Finch is a surgeon. Tlesirits at Greenwich.— Went to Mr. Bird's house on the Sunday, the 7th of February last. He found s 1 r. Bird slaughtered in the most horrible mariner. He I.lwrcr,l two remarkable indentations on the forehead about the size of a halfpenny. He observed a fracture from the front. to the use iput. Any one of the mounds would have produced death, and front the parietal hone tire brain had escaped. He had no donht that the wounds were inflicted by an instrument, like a hammer, with a blunt vatting edge, and a smooth. Fie observed also the bead of Mary Simmons. He observed a depression on the cn frontis which would have produced death. He observed other severe wounds. They were evidently produced by the same instrument, as the wounds were of the size of the cut ting edge of a hammer. lie had since seen the hammer, and be thought it would exactly produce the wounds lie had de scribed. He saw the hammer in the possess?on of Hodges, the constable. The servant was wounded in the jugular vein, arid had evidently vomited fro.o the sympathy betWern the head and the stomach. Cross-examined by Mr. tioLAN.—There 'was a number of blows on both the deceased persons. He thought that no instrument but a hammer could have produced these wounds. Kesialt Bell deposed, that she lives at GreenWich ; is a washer-woman ; used to go to Mr. Bird's to assist in cooking before his wite's death, which happened more than two years ago. Mr. Bird generally supped at 9 o'clock. His meal was potatoes, and sometimes soup. He went tubed at 10 o'clock. Ile pulled off Iris shoes after supper, when the cloth was re moved. Witness attended every washiog in Mr Bird's house, which occurred at intervals of six or seven weeks. She had been washing at dlr. Biro's on the Monday before the murder, and had washed is shirts. She saw two shirts produced by Hodges, the constable, after the murders, and she was very sure she bad washed them on the Monday mentioned. A handkerchief was likewise produced, which she thought Mr. Bird's. Cross-examined by Mr. NM,AN.—Deposed that Mr. Bird was a regalar man, went to he'd at 10, a few minutes out or in, hut never long. Thomas, the witness, being called back by Mr. Notate, stated that the fire in the kitchen Was nearly going out, but had fresh coals on the top. The middle of the fire was burn ing almost hollow, arid the small coals were caked on the top ; lint he eoald not tell when they had been put on. Wit ness was surprised at' he circumstance. Mr. Smith, being called hack, said that the fire appeared to him to have been put on to keep it alive atl night. There was nothing inconsistent iii the appearance ef the fire with its having been put on at night. Hannah Cooper lives on the Woolwich road, about half a Haile from Mr. Bird's house. Sbe passed Mr. Bird's house on Saturday night, a little past eight o'clock. The night was fogey. She left her house at eight o'clock, and might be about 20 minutes in going the distance. She knew Mi. Bird by sight. She S:tw,l he door open, and saw a man talking to a woman, who was the housekeeper. She saw Mr. Bird coming, apparently from the parlour to the hall. Stir saw Mr. Bird's mouth moving, apparently as if speaking to the servant.— Witness passed the door again at half past ten, and saw the roar shut, and nothing particular about the house. She knew Mr. Bird quite well : he Was her father's landlord. Cross-examined by Mr. Notass.—Deposed that she could not be sure whether she took a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes. The windows were shut, and the door was open. The mail was outside the dour, the woman inside. Witness walked on, leaving the parties in the same position. She saw "Jr. Bird distinctly enough to know him. John Letton lived at 'a house called the Greenwich Aca denty ; be and his wife occupied two floors of the house ; he is a cooper by trade; at the time in queition was employed as a patrole; and was accustomed to go out at.eight o'clock. He knew the prisoner, who left a box at his house when he quitted his place; there were two staircases inn the house. He and his fatuity generally went no the larger staircase. There was a smaller staircase, through which a person might pass into tire roam where Hussey's box was deposited, without be ing discovered by his family. Hussey often came backwards and forwards to his house. Witness was not in the habit of locking his doors' when he went out at night as a patrole. There were two privies to the house, which adjoined Mr. Smith's premises. Near one privy there was a place where his and other children used to play; in that place Inc never recollected to have seen any matting sir rubbish ; there was nothing on the day •of the murder which could have con cealed a bundle. There was a dark cellar close by, where a person could conceal any thing: the door of it waialways open. Near this place there was a cistern, with water always in it ; this•was near the staircase leading to the room where Bussey's box was; there was also a pump in the kitchen, which was not sist] by any one; a person might go there without meeting aay part of Iris family. He kept his cooper's tools in the lower part of the house, near to the kitchen that was not used. Befure Mr. Bird's murder, he had a cooper's hammer in this place; before the murder, he had missed the hammer; be left it there about four in the afternoon, and ;Hissed it next day; it was about ten days, or a fortnight, be lore the murder was committed ; he inquired for the ham mer, but could mint find it ; it was a pail-rivetting hammer, he saw this hammer since in the possession of Mr. Bick nell's Clerk ; before this be" had described it to the Ma gistrate; when he saw the hammer sitter, he knew it to he his. The prisoner used to conic trey/aridly to his box; witness once sass' the box ()pep, and there was hardly any thing in it; when Hussey first brought it, it was secured by a pack-thread ; witness took the box away, and then it was secured by a stronger cord ; he took the box to a Mrs. God dard's, in Deptford, Had left it, there ; this was about ten days after the murder. The box then appeared to be a great deal heavier than when it first came to his place. He knew the prisoner when he liven with Mr. Stephenson, in Vansit tart-terrace, as a servarat the prisoner used to wash his mi ter's gig-near the pond where the hammer was found, frown which pond he used to get the water. 'f he lane which ran by his house communicates with Mr. Smith's grounds, and the pond was ins these Iz - rounds. Witness heard of the mur der on the Sunday afternoon; he saw Hussey the Sallie after noon; he came t o hi s house about half-past three that day; a relation of his was with Hussey ; he staved until about ten minutes after five, and then went away, saying, he was going to his brother's at Peckham; he said he had promised his brother to dine with him that day, but had dined at his washetawomates. When he came that day, witness observed to him that he was quite groggy, and he replied, that he had been at the Tiger's Head the night before, where he had been drinking; he said he had been drinking in th e morn i ng at the Ship and Last; that be dined with his washer-woman, and could not do less than give her something to drink. After this conversation, be lett the room for about ten mi nutes, then returned, asked for something to drink, a n d sen t for some porter. Witness saw a pair of gaiters produced be fore the Magistrate ; he thought they seere the gait e rs o f the prisoner. Some time after the murder, Hussey, and Itazletun cause togeth er, and be Was putting on a pair of • . raivq, whteh he sai3 be lianght or an ostler at the Prince of Orange for four shillings. On cruss•examination, witness said, he haid known the pri soner some time, and had a very good opinion of his character. Witness never took taincli'not ice of the place where the mat ting and rubbish was said to have been laid there might he Some there without his noticing it. The place where he kept his tools was not locked ; his children might have access to it. Maria I,ot,trili wife of the last witness, saw Hussey's box when it first caMe; there was only a few clothes in it. After the murder, about a week, Hussey requested she would de sire her husband to take the box to Mrs. Goddard's; in the place near the privy, there was not any matting or rubbish sufficient to conceal a bundle. About half-past three, on the day the murder was diseoveied, Hussey called on her. They made every possible search for the hammer, and could not find it. She had not heard of the murder when Hussey called, and not until she went out to get some porter ; there was a great crowd then about, and the people could have seen the corner where the rubbish was said to have been laid. Lettun, nephew. of the last witness, recollecte4l the Sunday of the murder; he went to his uncle's house; when ke knocked at the' door, Hussey came round from the side, and they went in together; as witness stood at thedoor, Hussev came on the lett side; it was about half past three witness did not stay long at his uncle's. Jane Goddard, the next witness, appeared greatly affected, and was allowed a seat; she said she lived at Deptford. and was related to the prisoner by marriage; she recollected a box having been brought t o her house on the Monday after the 16th of Feb.; it stood in theshop three weeks or a month before it was opened; the box was opened by her husband ; the first things she took hold of were a silver ladle and some sheets, but did not know how many ; saw sonic. old clothes in the trunk; the things were again put into the trunk, which was again corded up. ,About two of three hours after it was opened again, she believed in the prtrience of Hodges. the constable, The day after the box was brought, Hussey came and opened it. she thought 'she shoUld again know the ar ticles that were hi it. James Goddaid, husband to the 160 . 4ittiess, spoke to the box having been brought to his house,;a'hil placed behind the counter, standing OH t he end. Ile opened it, and found in it a large bundle, containing Some sheets,. a silver ladle, a pair of dark pantaloons, a wine -strainer, a waistcoat with sleeves, such as is warn by gentlemen's servants. G. S. 13. were marled on the sheets. He atterwards corded up the trunk, and sent it to the prisonet broth'er at Peckham. He had no instruction not to let . any one go to. the box; it had lain three weeks before they examined it. When Hussey came, he did fiat say any thing about it. Thomas Hussey. brother to the prisoner, who was exceed ingly affected, said he lived at Peckham-, and is a hair- 41 rrss r. His brother came to his bonse on the Sunday of the murder, at about 'five o'clock. lie was to have dined ►with him that day at one o'clock. Ile staid all night with witness. He was dressed in a black coat and waistcoat. The next morning he saw some broken pieces of heckle fall out of the prisoner's pocket. He did - nut say how he came by them. He asked witness if he had heard any thing of the horrid murder at Greenwich ? Witness said he had nut. Prisoner then told him, that an old gentleman and his housekeeper had been murdered just opposite where he lodged. The rea son he gave for not coming to dinner was, that of the mur der; and that Greenwich was like a fair. His brother had received a legacy of sixty pounds the Wednesday after the murder. Thomas Smith, a constable of Greenwich,-had received some pieces of silver truckles froM Tlinmas Hussey; he afterwards showed them to the prisoner, who said they were souse of the ;lungs that had been in the bu n dl e w hi c h h e f oun d ; an .l ,•a t the same time, he remarked that they had been in the fire. Mr. Smith, the Magistrate, said, that Thomas Hussey had, On the 13th of March, brought him a pair of buckles, which he said he had found in his brother's box. • Elizabeth Godwin (sister to. the prisoner, who seemed greatly affected) said she lived at Peckham ; there was a box belonging to her brother at her house ; it was about the end of February when she first saw.it the prisoner had access to ,the box ; she believed he came Only twice ; the first time seas three weeks after the murder. She • opened•the box, and found in it two watches, which her husband and her brother Thomas took. She saw a watcb:paper on which was the name of Bird. Mr. George Bird, the son of the deceased, identified the tortoise-shell watch which had beer' found upon Hussey.— He said the watch was his mother's, and . after her decease, it used to be hung up. His fath er a l so constantly wore a metal watch, which had been found in Hussey's box. Thomas Larkin, a constable of Greenwich, found- at the house of Mrs. Goddard, a trunk, which was now produced in Court. It was fastened by cords; he found in it two shirts, two sheets, a soup-ladle, a silver wi ne - s t ra i ner , a p a i l o f gaiters, and a pensioner's ticket, with the name of Charles Hussey upon it. Here the witness produced the articles found in the box. From these it appeared, that Hussey had been a marine. Witness was at the house where the nut.- ders had been committed about twenty minutes after one. The trunk was delivered to the witness on the 14th of March; the gaiters then appeared to have marks of blood, and marks of vomiting upon both gaiters. Mrs. Lettou being again called, said, the gaiters in Court were of the -same colour with those which belonged to the pri— ; and be had sewed a strap, which sewing was like that on the present gaiter; it was only a mend*, and not an original sewing. Letton was again called, he could not positively say that they were the manic gaiters that belonged to the prisoner; they were like them in colour. gesiah Bell being aga►n called, was shown the sheet found im aussey's box, and she positively swore .tk►at it belonged to Mr. George Bird. It bad on it the marks G. S. U. Mrs. Bird's name was Sarah. These were the marks of Mr. Bird's sheets. The articles of silver, the shirts, and sheets were then proved to lie the property of the deceased, as also the notes found in the box left by the prisoner at Peckham. John Poulton, a constable of Deddington, iu Oxfordshire, said, he apprehended the prisoner on the Ist of April. He then had a watch on him and a poehet-boolr, containing two letters. The watch he gave to Mr. filmic, the Magistrate. The ring was then produced,' which the prisoner threw into the privy at Deddington. Both were identified as the, pro perty of Mr. Bird. John Vickery, an officer belonging to Bow-street Office, searched the prisoner, and in taking off his hoots t a ring dropped either out of one of his boots or his pantal o ons. H e said he found it in a bundl e in Mr. Smith's grounds, at Greenwich. This was also proved to be the property of Mr. Bird. His son proved that he found it in the letter-box in which it was usually kept. Mr. Bicknell, clerk to the Magistrates at Greenwich, proved that the prisoner made a statement in words, which he, the witness, took down in writing.. It W 43 read over to the pri soner, and he said it was - correct. Being asked whether he would sign it, he refused. Being cross-examined, the witness said, be saw, the fire in the kitchen; it was nut - perfectly out. The statement of the, prisoner was then .read. stating that he saw a man place the bundle in. Mr. Lettiiii's grounds, that he took it up, and hid it under souse rubbish mid matting, until the Saturday following. The two letters, found in the possession of the prisoner, were then read again. George Yonne lived at the Tiger's Head.- The prisoner came to lodge there three weeks before Christmas, and re mained there about a fortnight after the murders were com mitted. Hazledon WaS sometimes there with him, and he beard them say, that Hazledon's hand was - much cut "by a tall from a wall. Witness saw him while it was bleeding, and the prisoner was then dressed in a black coat and grey pantaloons, but did not wear the jacket produced in. Court. The prisoner's working jacket was nut quite so light. He saw the prisoner at the Tiger's Head on the Saturday the murders were committed. He was there about half past ten in the tap-room. He wore a black coat, but had no gaiters on. He slept with the witness that night. Mrs. Walmsley, the landlady of the Tiger's Head, said, that she (lid nut see Hussey instil about ten o'clock, but he might have gone out or conic in without her knowing it. John Sparks knew the prisoner Hussey. L&c went into the tap-room of the Tiger's Head at seven o chick, and remained there till eleven. The prisoner did not come into the tap room until past ten. Witness saw him next morning at ten o'clock in the same place. William Hallybone saw the prisoner about a quarter past nine, to the best of his remembrance, at the lodge of Odd Fellows, held at the Tiger's Head. Mrs. Bennet, the washer-woman, proved, that the prisoner dined with her on the Sunday •the. Monica s were discovered. lie came there at twelve, and went •irway at three, when the bells were ringing for church. • This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was then asked by the Court what he had to say for himself. lie declared Ili: inno cence. lie said, about seven o'clock on Saturday he went to sell some clothes at a woman's house, though she could not recollect any thing of this. It went then to an eating-ho3ise, called l'erret's. lie stopt to hear some ai og i n i" t h e wee r, and . . tv(nt then to tte about Lalf past eight o'clock. He then stated what happened in th e lodge at the Tiger's Head. lie then related a l o n g story a hOlit his conduct On SI1O(la y, and afterwards. He repeated this with cousiderable fluency and composme. No r look of terror ap peared in his face, butt he seeined fatigued by standing in a crowded Cotiti for so. many hours, from 10 in the mor n ing till six .- )'clock - in the afternoon. The prisoner - then wished Hallibone to be called again, tolte examined as to the time he entered th e lodge on Saturday night. Mr. Serjeant LENS, who sat as Judge in the Criminal Court, then summed up: 'ibis was a case vaich deserved attention from the Jury, and he was happy to see that it received it. The. Learned Serjeant had said that the, evidence of circumstances was stronger than testimony, but, still it must depend upon testimony. Thou g h the evidence was long, it might be brought within a narrow compass. The circlunstances of the murder could not he doubted ; but the question was, were they brought home to the individual at the bar. The time within which the murder must have been perpetrated was nearly fixed. The murder must h a ve been cutrititted i s ietween the hours of eight and nine o'clock. The deceased was a man of regular habits, and went to bed be fore ten o'clock, The supper was prepared—the potatoes were in the oven—the water was boil , ing—and the tahle-cloth was about to he laid on the table. The Jury haul heard a circumstantial account of the state iu which the bodies and the house were found. It was not necessary to detail them. There was almost no doubt that the woman was cooling to the door when the crime was per petrated, and that Mr. Bird was in the attitude conjectured. The Learned Judge then went over the evidence with great impartiality and discri mination. He made tosvartls the conclusion a very solemn charge to the Jury, and seemed very much affected in desiring them to make up their minds, and pronounce their conscientious conviction, however fatal it might be the prisoner at the bar. lie spoke two hours. The Jury, without retiring, after a consulta tion of a few Minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner, who bad during the whole day maintained a firm and. intrepid aspect, now became agitated and pale. He exclaimed that he WAS as innocent as the Judge who sat on the Bench, and that lie was ready to Meet death to morrow with such a conviction. The yarned Judge then prepared to pronounce the awful sentence of the law, which he did with great solemnity and feeling. It was 'a paintui ditty to him to attend to this day's proceedings, and the most painful part of it still remained to be performed. After what the Court had heard to-day, and after the conclusion to which the Jury were forced to come, he wished the prisoner had spared the declaration he made of his inno cence. fie hoped he would still be brought' . to repentance and contrition for his crime, or which there could remain 110 doubt in the mind of any reasooable man; and in the few hour:► whirl, yet remained that he would make his peace with God, from whom all disguise was ineffectual or impos sible. In Ibis way he might secure pardon above, while there was no chance of it here. Nothing now remained for him but to pronounce the sen fence of the law, which was, that the prisoner he taken hence to tl►e place from whence he came, and on Monday be carried to the place of execu tion, and there hung by the neck till dead, and his body given to be anatomized, and the Lord have mercy on his sold. At the conclusioir of the sentence, the prisoner cast an anxious agonizing look triwards the bench, apparently wishing again to address the Judge.— He -did not do so, however,, bur retired wider charge of the officers without speaking a word • His composure and.fiumness of ties ve during the whole trial was remarkable, and could only be explained on the supposition Of a confidence in his acquittal. It is said that he entertained at d expressed such a hope up to the morning of th.- trial. If any thing could have affected him, it was the conduct of his sister and brothers, who Were so overpowered by their feelings in giving their evidence, that they could neither look to wards him or the Court. His sister especially seemed overwhelmed, and wept bitterly. Her voice was so stifled with her distress, that she could not be heard by the Court: On her exit urination,- a seat was ordered her, and her depo sitions were obliged to be repented to the Court and Jury, by a gentleman of the bar who sat near her. Towards the evening the crowd without the Corot was immense, and their anxiety to know the verdict extreme; but thete were no testimo nies, either of satisfaction or. disapprobation, shown at the result. The trial lasted from 10 o'clock in the Morning till near 10 at night, LIBEL. LEWIS versus CLEMENT. This was an action by an attorney of the Court of King's Bench, against the defendant, as pro prietor of " The Observer" Sunday and iklonday newspaper, for publishing a scandalous and defa matory libel of and concerning, the plaintiff, con tained int a report of certain proceedings in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, in the case of a man named iVilliarn Carter applying for the benefit of the Insolvent Act, tending to spew that the plain tiff %v as a dish ones t and wicked attorney, and was guilty of gross oppression and cruelty towards the insolvent. The declaration contained a great many 'counts, to which there were as many pleas respectively—lst, the general issue, nor guilty ; and 2d, a justification that the alleged libel was a faithful and correct report of what occurred be fore the Insolvent Debtors' Court in the case in question. To these pleas there were replications traversing the truth of the report, on which issue was joined. The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. Mar ryatt, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Chitty, and the de fendant's by Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Platt. . The plaintifi's case shaped itself into a long. detail of evidence, for the Impose of skewing that the statement contained in the alleged libel was Wholly untrue. The effect of this evidence went to prove, that Mr. Lewis had been originally concerned professionally for t man named Wm. C arter, a tradesman at Itamsgve, and that in or- (1 " to relieve bin) from his embarrassments, he had adrauced money ~ vhilst in prison—had con duct4il- hit law business in some actions s="'' him, and had, by his express direction, b ra "e wt its of error, an d ot li t r law ploce dings, 11 t , purpose of delaying his cre di tors . It appearediP3ei by these means, the insolvent had b,.coine to the plaintiff in the sum of 2701 - . to Secnredtel paymeot of which the ins o lv tl a bad mortg A r; his freehold and bt her prop e r t y, worth alb? 3001. to the plaintiff. and a l so given power of sale. Tim publication in the defencia"`d, paper purported to he an a ccoun t o f the pr' cee e p ings before the Insolvent 'Debtors' Coati , % ; 11 et t Carter was brought up to he discharged w I l '; o f account consisted of the insolvent's statem ent , . his own case, on oath. Th e speech and nr‘ite tents of Mr. Bassett, his Co u nsel, and ;'s serrations . of the Learned Commi,sforter,',ol°4-:c reported to have animadvered upon the co° • of Mr. -Lewis, and recommendel an aftl ilif i lit i l o against him to the Court of King's Bench. 11 bt geared, that when the involvent was)f e r g o . up, Mr. Lewis was not pr es e n t, a nd had ` lr b port unity of being heard on the occasion, altnoo'-be he had been served with the usual p ti p ic o e se lr o T r i Insolvent Of his intention to take the bet' elit , t o the Act. The drift of the alleged libel - shew, that Mr. _Lewis, itt his conduct to 411 "; J „ Carter, had been grossly oppressive and erta.„6 that he had brought writs of error without 1, consent of the Insolvent, for the tiug costs into his own pocket—that be l id(! t o duce(' the Insolvent to mortgage his proPeT , ;', n itt him, at a sum far less than its va l u e, awl ` t tit ea his knowing the effect of the lostromeot be “ .iip signed—that he had by these means eeduced to starvation and hegg trv.—Th e article ifitritStl:r, Was heatled" Shameful Cooduet of an ` 11 , ( 1 , - 0 ney and concluded with an observation, the decision of the Court in favour of the produced general satisfaction (t i t a crowded 4 A )- ,..0 - ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury witli ls ahil; , y and etotponice on the p ar t of the d e ;kl ants, and cootended, that if' the plain!iff c r, r e i s succeed in- this action, the Liberty of the must be completely destroyed, i n so far s 3 cerned the reports of proceedings in Courts 4 4 .1 0 ;14 rice, winch was es important to the mond, oe ,l fare of mankind as religion its e iL—The 14" r e0 Counsel spoke at great length. lie unilel t , ° ,: i ce, shew, from the most uticoestiotethle that the statement in question was a fair, and accurate detail of the case, of professed to be a repot t. • To prove the detendant's justificatiO n ' „.ja Bassett and. Mr. Norris, B arr i ster s fo'seta'nft4 the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; Mr. Corlien44, Attorney for the oppo,in g cre di tor , ag ainst C . 0 41 and several other witnesses were examined; their evidence went to shew, that the sts ien :o pnblished• in The Observer VVAS bubstatitia ll Y , z ;,It and faithful, but atone of them ven tured t° 14. to the accuracy of it in positive terms. ; f , 5 5et i Mr. AIALRYATT, with gr eat a bili t y, a" 1.3 the July in reply. ce svi lh Mr. .1 USTiCE AJ3SOTT , SIIMITIed up the cd-- d'" the strictest impart ialoy, n ut ; f ool r ing any opinion upon the important to the right of Newspapers pohlisiii , g hug iii Courts of Jo s t t hat ths ( teas not necessary to discuss on the prese irt PO 5 itm, the issue being wheth er t h e ileten‘i'oi? justification lid been made out. ths 11( '' ( ,•01# was Of opinion, that upon -some of the coo n : 40 0 plaintiff' was entitled, as a matter of, c ic e to a verdict, inasmuch a s t h e evinf:i support of stone of the pleas 4 " support the defendant's j ust ifi cat i on . /1 ,, c 1 :0O 4 ' culsrly remarked upon the ab sence o f tt 4 : 4 ( . 0 man from whose notes the teto rt o f 4be C' ll o rb g published, as a ciremnstance preitolija l t .t ee" defendant's defence. Hi s L or d-hip, I " ° 6e , i no ° put it to the Jury to s a y w h e th er t heios ti l nof had, in substance, been m a d, out ; tar, tel aA were of that opittiou, the Learned CO ° .11 0 tr each side would agree on which counts di should he recorded f u r, toe plaintiff, and wi'l6 the defendant. The Jury, after consid er i ng the cose fo r 6 , 0 0, • ter of an hour, found tor th e detrodant geri-0114' upon whi c h i t was atueu d that the verdict 3' 1 6 ' l ; standl for the plaintiff on 1 . c Ist, counts, and for the d e f en d ant on the re" counts 40 )e :11 DRAWING A TRIGGER WITH INTENT 0 0C.j J. Alexander :,[l.l Sarah Berthalet w ere tinder Lord Ellenborough's Act, for levt i ;,l, ,A pointing a loaded gun a t Stephen C°r'ti„g officer of the Sheriff of Kent, and WW l "' discharge the- same by thawing the trigger•.,f„te The Jury, after considerable deliber ation the prisoners—" Not Guilty." They were persons o f respectable SPPC iirorl; . ar off and the Lady of vet y gentee l manners, 0 near 61) years of a g e. ,ssto -11 They were .afterwards arraigned for An 4PPrir s, PARICIDE.-The horrid wretch we t, g we some time since s t a t e d to have wo r t ' u jity c a j father, apoor man, w a s l as t week " n( g saf f4f the Wicklow Assizes, and 80 4 " ) tifte! -elide death. lie died i n th e ' rtio St bardenedb" be lie was a very low-bred ignorant weetcd the CAUTION —Yesterday morning A ! lt d, 14o841:13,11 employ of Mr. De n n et t, grocer, the o iel * being in a state o f p e r s pi rat ion, drank s ad tit he feeling himself unwell, went to bet ' • short time after expired. 2 ,-..---_—_, _..._,_..,_.....------------- _ -- J / P 1111:TH. the r 3 ° -3 . f, c i r ° "' Ott the 30th inst. at Iter tooffo-r's• Itowe , De I.a.wart., iii Savi ile 701 V, Lady Cal ::CCIIIC Da4VC)° - ------- ril ELl ° o i • NI ARRI LO• Re v ' it j Ott 'fftt-t,,i;tv last, at Wititchorcit, Oxon, I , c the , ii : lia' o , lo ,ll Neale, the Etc. (;eor: , t, Iltiot • etcctor ..111'",,',,J It'. 00 0" Coney Weston, Settff,ll,, secoo) ,t)li of lti , ,''' ~ to ' 1 , ‘ ,41 ( ' Hunt, Esti. of lloceittoii, in the Couotv 01 '' 3 `'' l otti e -' only datiglitee of Saw ttel Gardiner, .1 - :; , I• " f --(''' o%on. , .stl" DIED. , 41 Ittli i° 5 I Yesterday morning, at his lim=e in -' . f berolr€o - Ancoli. t r (t c•lt to/ ,5111 Y 4 ',1 1 ,e at r On Thutsday, at Brom pton in flit , Miss Pope, of Newtnatt-:-.tre,t; fo; iti,r)r ' of t i '''' .-- 7 ,' Unity-lets. --' A , ' ......... _r r ...--.!---'- Cl' -. . . - . . - -.,. 19 ' IS% '% • , z f.- . fiv i''' LONDON: Printed 'I.!. IL (.'ARST.‘II(',. : ) ; ...td r li r; 41" 01111,1141-Sn ca, Qizveti-G,itia',,,; aii,i r1: 1 ) ,, i ,,, , t ', far !“..../t.ll'l)S, of No. 7, :;outh M o i to n- ,11 '.. er ,;,0 111. ' / ( - Mice, No. 112, r.ltrar:,l ; w t :t .,.„ A d r ettO,'" ./ Lot• ti ;4.- r n,lat.,a i.! I rt..,, It. I,,ldrc'sr- l; ~, .., 5. I,